TABLE SF - 1: DURATION OF BREASTFEEDING AND SUBSTITUTE FEEDING

Background

A substitute feeding program should use one of two
recommendations for mothers: no breastfeeding, or a short duration of exclusive
breast feeding followed by a switch to substitute feeding. Mixed feeding
appears to increase both HIV and non-HIV risk as compared with breast feeding,
and so should be strongly discouraged.

This table displays the CETs current settings regarding
breast feeding durations, in months. These settings were selected in the
Interventions worksheet. If Optimal was selected
in InterventionsC13, the CET calculates the breast
feeding duration that minimizes fatal events. If instead of Optimal
the user entered a particular number of months in
InterventionsC13, the CET calculates costs and
cost-effectiveness based on that breast feeding duration. In either case, the
calculations take into consideration compliance with feeding recommendations as
specified in this table. (See below).

D7 - H7. Months of breast feeding or
Optimal. Reminds the user whether Optimal or a set
number of months (0-6) was specified for length of breast feeding in
Interventions.

D8 - H8. Number of months of breast feeding with optimal
feeding strategy. IfOptimal was selected in
Interventions, these cells show the number of months of
breast feeding found to be optimal by the CET. Notice that this number can vary
among the five ARV interventions. These cells are blank if a specific number of
months of breast feeding was chosen in Interventions in which
case this duration is displayed in the previous row.

D9 - H9. Months of substitute feeding in program. These
numbers represent simply the months of breast feeding subtracted from 12 months.
It is assumed that a substitute feeding program will provide formula up to 12
months, by which age children will be consuming a significant portion of
their diet from solid
foods.